Ornament-support



J. E. EVILSIZOR AND C. FOLLRATH.

ORNAMENT SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JUNEZ, 1919.

1,344,021 Patented June 22,1920.

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V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. EVILSIZOR AND CARL FOLLRATH, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

ORNAMENT-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 22, 1920.

Application filed June 2, 1919. Serial No. 301,267.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN E. Evrnsrzon and CARL FoLLRA'rH, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Springfield, in the county ofClark and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements inOrnament-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ornamentations and comprehends theprovision'of a device primarily intended as a substitute for cedartrees, designed for the purpose of hanging ornaments therefrom.

The characteristic of the invention resides in the provision of a deviceof the above mentioned character having a substantially bell shapedoutline and covered with material to add to the ornamentality ofthesame, the invention being constructed to be collapsed and thus occupya minmium of space when not in use.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understoodwhen the following detailed description is taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein Figure1 is a perspective view of the device forming the SLlbJGCt matter of ourinvention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the same in collapsed condition.

The device forming the subject matter 0 our invention essentiallyconsists of a plurality of annuli arranged in superimposed relation, andsuccessively increasing in diameter from the uppermost to the lowermostannulus as shown. The annuli may be constructed from any suitablematerial, preferably wire, and covered with colored material such aspaper, cloth or the like,to add to the ornamentality of the device as awhole. The annuli are connected with a plurality of flexible elements 11which are arranged to give the device a configuration similar to that ofa bell. The flexible element 11 may be of any suitable materialand ofthe same color or of a difi'erent color from the material which coversthe annuli. All of the flexible elements 11 have their correspondingupper extremities brought together and secured to the eye 12 of a memberutilizedto suspend the device from a suitable support. The member ofwhich the eye 12 forms a part terminates at one end to provide a hook13. It is to be understood that any number of annuli may be employed toVary the size'of the device. Suspended from each annulus is a pluralityof small rings 14 upon which ornaments of any suitable character may besupported. As above stated, the device is intended as a substitute forcedar trees and can be used without making as much dirt as the tree, andby reason of the flexible connections between the annuli, the device maybe collapsed in the manner shown in Fig. 2 to minimize space when itsuse is not desired. Consequently the device can be packed in a suit ablebox and kept from year to year.

While we have shown and described what we consider the preferredembodiment of increasing in diameter from the uppermost to the lowermostring, an ornamental covermg for each ring, flexible elements connectingall of said rings at the peripheries thereof, and supporting the ringsin spaced relation for permitting the device to collapse with the ringsone within the'other, said flexible supporting elements being of thesame material as the covering for said rings, a circumferential seriesof eyes depending from each ring, a supporting hook having a terminal,and all of said flexible elements having their upper extremities broughttogether at a point centrally of the uppermost ring, and secured in saidterminal as described.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

JOHN E. EVILSIZOR.

CARL FOLLRATH.

